News

5DN breached rules by airing Coles Status Quo song Down Down, rules ACMA 6

New Foxtel pricing structure on the way 24

Monkeys create first work for Ten with MasterChef poster campaign 12

ABC and SMH lead Twitter news sharing race 4

The old slogan is better at Hungry Jacks 18

Dick Smith ‘banned’ Australia Day ad features shipwrecked refugees 157

Self-appointed alcohol ad watchdog upholds 9 in 10 cases; AANA slams ‘PR stunt’ for falsely generating complaints 1

MasterChef: The Professionals maintains the million mark 1

Elle magazine to launch in September, says Bauer 8

Russell Crowe to host AACTAs 1

Australians trust miners more than the media 7

Melbourne agency releases theme music for Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament 3

Aussie-Pom beach rivalry in new CommBank cricket ad 6

McDonald’s turns operatic in new ad for Loose Change menu 2

Toshiba returns to Howorth

Mumbrella video Hangout with MasterChef’s Matt Preston and Marco Pierre White 14

Media agency staff turnover falls to 30 per cent

Chrysler 300 campaign launched 8

Ogilvy Melbourne gets Ego boost 1

Nova hires Hamish & Andy producer Katie Dower as drivetime EP

Jungleboys signs 2012 Tropfest winner Alethea Jones 1

MasterChef: The Professionals stays above 1m on second outing

Aussie newsman Ross Dagan heads home to Seven Brisbane after NZ stint

Life of Pi remains at top of box office

Yardbird wins Best Australian Film at Flickerfest

BMW comms boss Piers Scott to leave Australia

Kekovich spruiks lamb for Coles, McDonald’s and MLA in ‘Austraioli’ Day blitz 14

Madden brothers to front Vodafone housewarming promotion 28

OMD in Tasmanian launch to target state government account

Unilever’s Katz and Wesley Mission’s Mendham join Meet the Marketers lineup

Fairfax considered dropping Sydney Morning Herald masthead for SMH 15

VCCP launches Comparethemarket.com.au in Australia 3

AFL Media hires Matt Connell as head of commercial 7

Vince Frost steps back from design grindstone to build business 2

MasterChef: The Professionals delivers strong first night 5

Ikon announces 12 new clients including Labor election campaign 5

Armstrong admission rates 186,000 for Discovery

Cameraman and pilot survive dramatic Ten chopper crash 4

Subway claims that ‘Footlong isn’t a measurement of length’ 91

Fitzy and Wippa on: Oversharing, Daniel Craig’s pomposity and the end of prank calls? 2

McDonald’s launches ingredient tracking app 5

Rapid fire Maccas cheeseburger ad wins round four of radio’s Siren Awards 2

Nudie to sponsor Sydney Skinny

Patchy ratings result for debut of American Idol but Ten claims to be happy 7

News Limited agrees to sell TrueLocal to Sensis 12

Mumbrella Google Hangout with Nova’s Fitzy & Wippa 3

MasterChef: The Professionals signs up three more sponsors

303Lowe hires DDB’s Richard Morgan as ECD 2

Chris Graham joins Ikon as COO 3

UK radio chief Dickens joins Southern Cross Austereo in digital role

Fremantle’s Jon Penn named as new MD for BBC Worldwide Australasia

Frost creates brand strategy for new Sydney restaurant The Woods

ABC picks up Adam Hills’ UK-based show 3

ICC calls PR pitch for Cricket World Cup in Australia and NZ

Strategist Barry Mowszowski shifts from Starcom to OMD 8

Media has had pneumonia, now get ready for a year of flu warns analyst 12

Foxtel adds catch up movie channels to Foxtel Go – but says not a reaction to subscriber backlash 8

Announcing CommsCon – Australia’s new event for those in communications and PR 12

Struggling music service Guvera to relaunch 27

Facebook launches search offering 4

Random House calls in Zuni to assist with digital strategy weeks after Remembrance Day social media disaster

Ten confirms Horne as chief digital officer 3

Guardian confirms Australian launch 11

Rebekah Horne set for digital role at Ten 2

New media directory established 7

Lipton Ice Tea holds a pool party for Virgin Cocktail range 9

Pat Cash fronts new Quicksales campaign 3

Adbrief joins the Mumbrella stable

Commbank produces mini-docos on Australian of the Year finalists 9

Virgin Mobile’s ‘Ice Dream’ charity push 5

ABC to launch new early evening news bulletin 2

Nissan Patrol rides dirt pile shaped like Beethoven’s Ninth soundwave 2

Tony Prentice appointed as interim Interactive Advertising Bureau chief 1

Life of Pi overtakes The Hobbit in box office while Gangster Squad opens strongly

Blind date couple feature in new ANZ campaign 22

Modern men and women are target of new Kia ads 46

CHE says four needed to replace one 3

Mike Morrison returns to adland with Innocean role 5

Flat fee distribution company Backlot Studios launches with Richard Gray’s Blinder

Naked launches new Adidas range with mirrored tennis court 5

Adam Spencer to speak at TED 9

Leo Burnett’s BYO Cup Day leads Aussie campaigns at Mobius Awards

Angell leaves UM for media role at Target 6

Nissan boss demands more from his employees in new ad for Pulsar 14

Ellen heads to Australia 16

Sunrise boss: Unlike Today we’re not going for the old school thinking of running dead over summer 6

Canberra Times commemorates 2003 bushfire

2UE goes further left field with choice of co-host for Dicko 14